McDonalds is to introduce free WiFi in most of its 1,200 stores in the UK by the end of the year. In the US McDonalds has free WiFi already in about 8,000 of 12,000 stores. This will be a handy addition for users of WiFi enabled phones.

More theories on an upcoming Gphone from Google. Current thoughts are for a free open-source operating system that helps push Google’s advertising reach (i.e. software, not an actual phone). The objective is to have mobile operators select the system over, say, Microsoft Mobile.